Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
Seattle will vote on a one-year data center moratorium backed by Amazon employees and local residents.
Seattle’s City Council is set to vote on a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers after five projects were proposed in the city. Amazon employees, other tech workers, engineers, and residents testified in support, citing electricity demand, water use, noise, housing, transparency, and AI safety concerns. Supporters want stricter rules around renewable energy, public resource reporting, developer disclosure, and worker-led oversight.
The Verge 報導，Seattle 市議會將在 2026 年 6 月 9 日表決是否對新的大型資料中心提案實施一年暫停令。這項討論發生在多家公司提出於市內興建五座大型資料中心後不久，反映 AI 熱潮下算力基礎設施快速擴張與地方公共資源壓力之間的衝突。支持禁建令者包含 Seattle 居民、工程師、軟體開發者，以及 Amazon 的現任與前任員工。Amazon senior software engineer Liesl Wigand 在聽證會上表示，科技業普遍存在「AI 應該解決一切」的文化，卻忽視其所需資源成本。她也是 Amazon Employees for Climate Justice 成員，該團體此前曾要求 Amazon 的資料中心使用 100% 額外、在地的再生能源。
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